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#Installing ubuntu on a mac without mac os installed software#

This can be used with Ubuntu, using Kaffeine (see above) as the playback software and following this french language guide to get it installed (requires command line, and a restart). I have an old DVB TV tuner Stick – a Miglia TV Mini.

I also use the pre-installed app Simple Scan for my scanning – works with either the flatbed scanner or the sheet feeder on the Brother device. Note that Ubuntu defaults to letter size paper – you’ll need to set this to A4 in Printers in System Settings. I have a Brother MFC-J4510DW printer-scanner – Brother’s linux support is a bit sketchy, but this series of commands did the job perfectly – just note that you need to find the local IP address of your scanner under Settings on the device itself.

#Installing ubuntu on a mac without mac os installed install#

To install the ownCloud sync client follow these instructions (needs command line). Some other apps are more complex – follow these instructions for Skype (and note I needed to use the Skype 4.3 on 15.04 instructions – including the extra instructions to get this to work). You can install GIMP (equivalent of Photoshop), Dropbox, Kaffeine (for DVB), and VLC (for DVD playback) from the “Ubuntu Software Center” in the left apps bar.

#Installing ubuntu on a mac without mac os installed update#

Run it, and it will download and update your installation. You may need to restart before the wifi works.Ĭlick the search button at the top left of the screen (shown here to the right), and type “Software Updater”.

#Installing ubuntu on a mac without mac os installed driver#

Then click “Additional Drivers” and select the Broadcom driver (note this is how it looks on an iMac – the driver manufacturer might be different on other Macs, but the procedure will be the same). Go to “System Settings” in the left apps bar in Ubuntu, then choose “Software & Updates” At the end of the installation process Ubuntu will ask you to reboot your machine.

#Installing ubuntu on a mac without mac os installed how to#

Please note that the final screen from the How To Geek piece can be inaccurate – for me there was no “install alongside Mac OS” option – I instead needed to choose “Something else” for the disk partitions, following the instructions here about how to set this up – putting / as the mount point for the main (60Gb size) ext4 partition, and 6Gb for swap. Before you start this connect your Mac to the internet with an ethernet cable – wifi will not work initially, and if you are connected to the internet then extra Ubuntu packages will be downloaded while you are installing it. You can find instructions of how to install it from How To Geek here, and you can get the latest edition of the rEFInd software here. Its interface looks horrid, but it works. For this you will need a software utility called rEFInd. This presumes that you want to be able to boot your Mac in either Mac OS or Ubuntu, and to be able to switch between them.

Step 2 – Install rEFInd to allow dual booting

Simply copy and paste the relevant commands into Terminal. Note that step 3 is not very well described – you will end up with a file called “” that you will need to rename “ubuntu.img” by just renaming the file in the Mac OS finder. This is simple – follow the instructions here. Step 1 – Make a Ubuntu bootable USB stick while running Mac OS

Second, the solution to more or less any Ubuntu on a Mac problem can be found by Googling around (probably the way you found this blog entry!) Third, you’re going to need an empty USB stick (at least 2Gb capacity) to make this work. Command line is needed very seldom once Ubuntu is running, but is required for the setup. It is a matter of copying and pasting the right commands – there is rather little need to fully understand what is going on. First there is no way to do this without using the command line – accessible through the Terminal app in both Mac OS and Ubuntu. So here’s the guide as to how to get Ubuntu up and running.įirst, third prerequisities. The Mac is now on its last legs, and Mac OS does not run very swiftly on it – my aim is to run Ubuntu on it, and use it as a computer for watching TV and DVDs, and for web browsing for guests. I’ve been experimenting with running Linux on Macs for some time and – for a variety of reasons – needed to make a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my early 2008 24″ iMac.